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9781107123632: Ontological Arguments (Classic Philosophical Arguments)
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ISBN 10: 1107123631 ISBN 13: 9781107123632
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Ontological arguments are one of the main classes of arguments for the existence of God, and have been influential from the Middle Ages right up until the present time. This accessible volume offers a comprehensive survey and assessment of them, starting with a sequence of chapters charting their history - from Anselm and Aquinas, via Descartes, Leibniz, Kant and Hegel, to Gödel, Plantinga, Lewis and Tichý. This is followed by chapters on the most important topics to have emerged in the discussion of ontological arguments: the relationship between conceivability and possibility, the charge that ontological arguments beg the question, and the nature of existence. The volume as a whole shows clearly how these arguments emerged and developed, how we should think about them, and why they remain important today.

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About the Author

Graham Oppy is Professor of Philosophy at Monash University, Victoria, and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities. He has published a number of books, most recently Reinventing Philosophy of Religion (2014), Describing Gods (Cambridge, 2014), Naturalism and Religion (2018) and, co-authored with Nick Trakakis, Interreligious Philosophical Dialogues (2017).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107123631
ISBN 13 
9781107123632
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
294
Editor
Oppy Graham
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